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Cet ordinateur ne marche pas.

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cet
     1. det. this
ordinateur
     1. n-m. (computing) a computer, a computing device.
ne
     1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
     2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
     3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-
     4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
marche
     1. n-f. march (formal, rhythmic way of walking)
     2. n-f. march (song in the genre of music written for marching)
     3. n-f. walk (distance walked)
     4. n-f. movement (of a vehicle)
     5. n-f. functioning
     6. n-f. step (step of a stair)
     7. n-f. marches (region near a border)
     8. v. first-person singular present of marcher
     9. v. third-person singular present of marcher
     10. v. second-person singular imperative of marcher
     marcher
          1. v. to walk
          2. v. to travel; to move; to march
          3. v. (figurative) to work, to function
          4. v. to step
          5. v. to cooperate
          6. v. to believe
pas
     1. n-m. step, pace, footstep
     2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass
     3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)
     4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.




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